Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Approximate Time: 1 Hour

How to Make a Holiday Pillow Cover

Curl up next to the fire with a festive Pillow Cover! Get into the holiday spirit as you sew, stitch and pin a pillow cover-don't forget to add your favorite seasonal fabric and wooden buttons. Once complete, you'll have the perfect decor for the winter season!

1Lay the fabric & pin

Using the photo as a guide, lay the 16" x 46" fabric flat, at the two 16" ends pins a 4 1/2" hem using a couple of pins near the center of each hem to secure.

2Rearrange the fabric

After pinning both of the 4 1/2" hems, flip the fabric over so the pins are now faving down. These two hemmed edges will overlap each other on the back of the pillow cover.

3Fold the fabric

Fold the fabric into thirds, with one pinned end overlapping the other by an inch.

4Measure the fabric

Use the tape measure to make sure that you now have a 15" x 16" folded fabric pillow cover with the two 4 1/2" hemmed ends overlapping each other at the backside of the pillow cover. You can leave the hem pins in place until after you have completed steps 6 and 7.

5Attach additional pins

Next, use some additional pins running in straight rows about 1" in from each of the open outside edges of the pillow cover.

6Sew the edges

Sew both of the pinned edges closed with straight stitch lines.

7Remove the pins

Remove all of the pins used and turn the pillow cover right side out.

8Insert poster board

Insert the square of poster board into the pillow cover to keep glue from seeping through the pillow cover.

9Iron on the adhesive backing

Iron the adhesive backing onto a piece of holiday print.

10Pin & cut the templates

Print and cut out thetree templates.Pin the tree templates onto the fabrics and cut them out.

11Arrange & iron on the trees

Arrange the fabric trees with the ones in the foreground overlapping the ones in the background. Iron the trees onto the pillow cover.

12Attach buttons

Stitch buttons under the trees in the foreground, using the floss.

13Insert pillow

Insert a 14" stuffed pillow into the pillow cover through the overlapped opening of the cover.